Stephane Grappelli (originally surname was spelled with a 'Y') would have earned himself a place in Jazz History books if only for his important role in the Quintette of the Hot Club of France, ...

Inviting Swift into the fold was one of many savvy moves by Django Festival Allstars producer Pat Philips and her late ...

At any given time, there are a few acts on the jazz scene who lovingly imitate the legendary Quintette du Hot Club de France. That band's innovations in the 1930s, driven by guitarist Django Reinhardt ...

Manouche Jazz, commonly known as "Gypsy Jazz," is a blend of traditional Roma music and swing jazz. Originating in Paris in the early 1930s, it was first popularized by the Quintette du Hot Club de ...

Esprit de Django & Stéphane Festival: George Cole was playing rock guitar with Chris Isaak before falling under the spell of the elegantly swinging 1930s jazz of the Quintette du Hot Club de France ...

Guitarists inspired by the gypsy jazz playing of the legendary Django Reinhardt are ten-a-penny but violinists emulating the jaunty, joie-de-vivre-oozing, style of Stephane Grappelli, the other star ...

IIn 1908, the year violin great Stephane Grappelli was born, Bela Bartok wrote his “String Quartet No. 1,” and Monet finished “The Ducal Palace, Venice.” Monet and Bartok are both gone, but Grappelli, ...

At age 78–and, you should pardon the expression, looking fit as a fiddle –Stephane Grappelli is the sole survivor of the first and greatest generation of jazz violinists. Joe Venuti, Eddie South and ...

Alyn Shipton is joined by Martin Taylor, who played with the great French violinist for several years, to discuss the long recording career of Stephane Grappelli. Show more Looking back on the long ...